Hodie est a.d. XV Kal. Sex. 2775 AUC ~ 20 Hekatombion in the second year of the 700th Olympia
In the News
- Israel funds NIS 4m. restoration of burned Tel Gezer archaeological site – The Jerusalem Post
- Archaeological Museum of Polygyros, Chalkidiki in Full Operation After 12 Years
- Phoenician Shipwreck: ‘Findings provide a piece of a puzzle that helps us understand our past’ – The Malta Independent
Classicists and Classics in the News
Greek/Latin News
- Radiogiornale Latino 17.07.2022 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
- Ephemeris – DE AERONAVI UCRAINA
Public Facing Classics
- History of the crawl stroke: Why Europeans resisted it for so long.
- Ancient view of social media, free speech and noise – Neos Kosmos
- The Most Important Biblical Character You’ve Probably Never Heard of
Fresh Bloggery
- PaleoJudaica.com: McGrath on Pummer, The Samaritans. A Profile
- PaleoJudaica.com: Waters, …. The Life of Cyrus the Great (OUP)
- PaleoJudaica.com: Mt. Arbel fortress opening to visitors
- Forget Plagues, Running Can Kill You! – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Fish-in-Barrel “Archaeology”, Metal Detecting as Imagined “Citizen Science” in the Czech Republic
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Philology
- Yes, King David Raped Bathsheba – Tales of Times Forgotten
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Towards the Borders of the Bronze Age and Beyond: Mycenaean Long Distance Travel and its Reflection in Myth
- De Antichrist – Mainzer Beobachter
- Laudator Temporis Acti: It’s Hard
- The Edithorial: Ancestral Suicide, the Ancient Greeks, and Me.
- Reputable Tales about Ariadne; And Strange Ones – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Spartacus (2) – Mainzer Beobachter
- Summer AD 122 – Hadrian inspects the northern frontiers: part 5 Britannia (#Hadrian1900) FOLLOWING HADRIAN
- PaleoJudaica.com: Brand, Religion and the Everyday Life of Manichaeans in Kellis (Brill open-access)
- PaleoJudaica.com: Another review of Keddie, Class and Power in Roman Palestine
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Quranic Arabic: From its Hijazi Origins to its Classical Reading Traditions
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Religion and Rituals of the Nomads of Pre-Islamic Arabia: A Reconstruction Based on the Safaitic Inscriptions
- Laudator Temporis Acti: One Road
- Romans? Forgotten! – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Spartacus en Crassus – Mainzer Beobachter
- PaleoJudaica.com: Llewellyn-Jones, Persians: The Age of the Great Kings (Basic Books)
- PaleoJudaica.com: McGrath in the footsteps of John the Baptist (2)
- PaleoJudaica.com: Balaam and the Calf in the Targums
- Judean wisdom: Philo on the Therapeutists’ lifestyle (first century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Judeans: Pliny the Elder and Julius Solinus on the Essenes beside the Dead Sea (first / third centuries CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Spencer Alley: Niccolò Bambini (1651-1736) – Chaste and Simple in Venice
- Language Log » Archaic Greek in a modern world
- Germans and Scythians: Seneca on enduring hardships and on anger (first century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Spencer Alley: Olimpio Bandinelli (1816-1884) – Lingering Tradition in Florence
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme!
Other Blog-like Publications
- Metre and Writer – Antigone
- Ancient Coins – The Wealth of the Persian Empire in Gold
- The Shallow Hype of Your Stoicism Obsession | by Jess the Avocado | The Collector | Jun, 2022 | Medium
- Inside the Mind-Boggling World of the Antiquities Theft Task Force
Fresh Podcasts
Listen to the Genesis from the Vulgate Bible read in Latin. Genesis ex Biblia Sacra Vulgata Latine recitata. This is part of “Lectiones aestivae”, the summer series where I read passages of Latin texts from all ages.
Despite being one of the first civilisations in human history, Sumer is not as well-known as other Bronze Age societies such as Babylonia and, of course, Ancient Egypt. Recent research indicates that the first ever writing system emerged in the Sumerian heartland of southern Mesopotamia around 3500 BC. So who were these Near Eastern pioneers forming some of the first urban settlements along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers? In this episode, Tristan is joined by Dr Paul Collins from the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, to help unravel the mysteries of the Sumerians and their trailblazing civilisation.
Fresh Youtubery
- Punic Sicilian Wars – The Battle of Himera (480 BC) DOCUMENTARY – YouTube | Invicta
- Genesis from the Vulgate Bible read in Latin || Lectiones aestivae – YouTube | Satura Lanx
- Storytelling, Philosophy & Reception 06. Liv Albert. Iliad, Myth, Iconography.Bettina Joy de Guzman – YouTube
- Res Difficiles Conference:
- Iliad 1.121-147. Agamemnon insults Achilles! Ancient Greek lyre.Iliad A Day,5. Bettina Joy de Guzman – YouTube
- The Good Emperors #Shorts – YouTube | Classical Association Northern Ireland
- Improvising on tamborello, one of 60 musical instruments Bettina typically composes & layers with. – YouTube
- Guts of the Earth: The Ancient World’s Strangest Beliefs About Worms – YouTube | Classics in Color
- Why did Caesar (and Emperors of Rome) Wear a Laurel Wreath on His Head? – YouTube
- Iliad 1.148-171. Achilles quits! Ancient Greek lyre. Iliad A Day, 6. Bettina Joy de Guzman – YouTube
Dramatic Receptions
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars
Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
Alia
- How Marcus Aurelius Influenced Adam Smith (No, Really) – Foundation for Economic Education
- Gladiator True Story: What Happened To Marcus Aurelius In Real Life
- Into the Land: The Forgery Scandal | The Times of Israel
- What Stoicism Still Has to Teach Us | Psychology Today
- The Magnificent Hairstyles Of Bronze Age Greece And Europe
- Ancient Greek Shipwreck Loaded with Treasures Discovered off Egypt
- Watch: The rise and fall of the Etruscans (ARTE)
- Why Are Sports Stadiums Becoming More Like Roman Amphitheaters?
Diversions
‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:
- Homeromanteion | Online Homeric Oracle
- Sortes Virgilianae (English)
- Sortes Virgilianae (Latin)
- Consult the Oracle at UCL
Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:
If it thunders today, it portends a shortage of crops due to excessive rain.
… adapted from the text and translation of:
Jean MacIntosh Turfa, The Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar, in Nancy Thomson de Grummond and Erika Simon (eds.), The Religion of the Etruscans. University of Texas Press, 2006. (Kindle edition)
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